Additional
City Council Announcements
July 31, 2012
Information needed by staff
A. 5:31:02 PM Council Member Kyle LaMalfa would like to initiate an ordinance change City-wide relating to plantings allowed in park strips.
Constituents have pointed out that the City's ordinance does not currently allow for maximum flexibility in gardening. Particularly in very wide park strips, it appears that there could be opportunities to plant corn and taller items, while still allowing for proper lines of sight next to driveways.
Would other Council Members support Council Member LaMalfa's interest in investigating options to allow for taller planting in wide park strips, subject to safety criteria? Council Members Penfold, LaMalfa and Christensen were in support of investigating options. Councilmember Simonsen said any Council Member could work with Councilmember LaMalfa on developing the proposal.
B. 6:09:54 PM Reminder: August 21 – Work Session Lunch 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm – This will be broadcast live on SLCTV 17
Tentative Topics:
•Report by Salt Lake City School District on Learning Centers and how are they working.
•Update on Land Use Master Plan Projects
The purpose of this briefing is to update the Council on the Planning Division’s work on master plan projects:
Ø West Salt Lake Community Master Plan Update
Ø 400 South Livable Communities Project
Ø East Bench Community Master Plan Update & Foothill Blvd Corridor Study
Ø Community Preservation Plan
Ø Plan Salt Lake Comprehensive Plan
Ø 9 Line Corridor Plan
Ø Northwest Quadrant Master Plan
Which Council Members are able to attend? Ms. Gust-Jenson said this was a reminder of the August 21st, 2012 Working Lunch session which would contain informational items rather than action items. She said Council Members were not available on August 14th but these items would be scheduled for the 21st.
C. 6:10:47 PM Wednesday, August 1 – Closing Ceremony Dinner – 5:30 p.m. – University of Utah Union Building – Exchange Program between students in Matsumoto, Japan and Salt Lake City. This year Mr. Teshima, two leaders, and 32 students have been in Salt Lake City July 22 – August 2. Council Members and the Mayor are invited to attend the closing ceremony dinner. The students will each give a speech in English and then they have a dinner and send-off ceremony. (Council Members Christensen, Simonsen, LaMalfa, and Luke responded to this appointment and are not available to attend.)
Are there other Council Members interested in attending? No Council Members were available to attend.
D. 7:51:29 PM Council Member Christensen has an opportunity to participate in a roundtable discussion on Innovation in Government at the Harvard Business School on Tuesday, August 28.
Would the Council be willing to cover a portion of his travel costs? Council Members were in favor.
E. 6:11:21 PM Questions regarding Move to Amend – Briefing scheduled for August 14
•Do Council Members want to hold a public hearing on the Move to Amend Issue?
•The cost for a mail ballot outside of the regular election process is $109,000. An additional $42,000 would need to be appropriated.
•Possible schedule:
Below are two potential schedules for sending out a separate mail-in ballot initiative regarding the Move to Amend petition. These schedules are all pending the outside company being able to go outside their proposed schedule and expedite mailing to accommodate this compressed schedule. One schedule contemplates an initial public information sheet (objective analysis as would be sent with a regular election) being mailed out to voters (schedule 1), and one that contemplates no initial information sheet mailing, but rather just mailing the ballot question itself (schedule 2):
Schedule 1
August 14 – Initial Council briefing
August 21 – Council vote (optional public hearing)
August 14-September 3 – Staff develops information sheet with input from Council (and potential input from outside organizations such as the LWV)
September 4 – Mail information sheet
September 18th – Mail ballot (this allows for 3 weeks of “dwelling time” for voters to consider the information – same as the County process)
October 9th (Tuesday) – Ballots due back voters
(County mails their ballot on October 16th)
Schedule 2 -
August 14 – Initial Council briefing
August 21 – Council vote (optional public hearing)
September 18th – Mail ballot (this allows for 3 weeks of “dwelling time” for voters to consider the information – same as the County process)
October 9th (Tuesday) – Ballots due back from voters
(County mails their ballot on October 16th)
If the company can accommodate this schedule, would the Council prefer to have this vote before the November general election, or would the Council prefer to wait until December to mail? Ms. Gust-Jenson asked if the Council wanted to hold a public hearing to receive feedback on whether to put this issue on the ballot or not. Councilmember Simonsen said the main question was whether or not the Council wanted to hold a public hearing in conjunction with the proposed ordinance. Council Members were in favor of holding a public hearing on August 21st.
F. 7:53:46 PM Ms. Gust-Jenson said the Railvolution Conference would be held October 14th through the 17th in Las Angeles. She said one Council Member had expressed interest in attending. She asked Council Members to let staff know if they were interested in attending.
G. 7:55:25 PM Ms. Gust-Jenson said from the very first agenda item there were some questions asked about the idea of a development agreement. She said if there was any interest in that Council could let staff know.